Service and updates are available as newer versions of
the IMS™ TM resource
adapter.
Use the Update RAR function in the WebSphere® Application
Server administrative
console to install the new version of the IMS TM resource
adapter.
Before you begin
Prerequisite: - Check the IMS TM resource
adapter V12 release
notes. You can find a list of available updates and fixes and links to the release notes for
other supported versions of the resource adapter.
- Download the new version (for all supported platforms). For z/OS®, you can also obtain the updates
as APARs or PTFs.
About this task
To update the IMS TM resource
adapter version
without deleting and reconfiguring all existing connection factories,
use the Update RAR function in the WebSphere Application
Serveradministrative
console and update the class path accordingly.
To install the
new version:
Procedure
- In the WebSphere Application
Server administrative
console, click to expand Resource Adapters.
- Click Resource adapters.
- Click the check box to select the IMS TM resource
adapter that
you want to update and click Update RAR.
Figure 1. Updating the RAR for new versions of the resource
adapter
- In Step 1, Select either Local file system or Remote
file system, and click Browse to
navigate to where the new IMS TM resource
adapter RAR
file is. For example, on a local file system, the RAR
file is located in install_path/IBM/IMS/ICOxx/Vxxxx/JCA15/imsxxxx.rar
- Click Next.
- In Step 2, verify the version numbers of the existing and
the new resource adapters and click Next.
- In Step 3, configure any new properties introduced by the
new version of resource adapter as prompted. Click Next.
- Confirm the changes in the summary step, and click Finish. You are returned to the Resource adapter page.
- Click the name of the resource adapter you updated.
- In the class path field under General Properties, update the RAR file name. For example, if you are upgrading to Version 12.1 of the IMS TM resource
adapter, change the class path to:
${CONNECTOR_INSTALL_ROOT}/imsico1210.RAR
- Click OK. You are
returned to the Resource adapter page.
- Click Save at the top of the page.
- Update the IMS TM resource
adapter IVP
EAR file by using the same approach if the EAR file is already deployed.
- Optionally, remove the old IMS TM resource
adapter RAR
files.
- For distributed platforms, remove the installation directory
at install_path/IBM/IMS/ICOxxx/Vxxxx.
- For z/OS, remove the
directory at install_path/Vxxxx.
install_path is the target installation path
and Vxxxx is the IMS TM resource
adapter version
that you want to remove.
Results
The
IMS TM resource
adapter RAR
file is updated. All existing connection factories now use the new
version of the RAR.